The next Medical Technologies & Systems Special Interest Group (SIG) will take place online, join us as we discuss
Digital Therapeutics, Diagnostics and Connected Devices.
Attend to hear about:
– Technical challenges in using wearables for depression prevention, diagnosis, monitoring and treatment
– Technological approaches towards dementia diagnostics and safeguarding
– Using machine learning to predict and diffuse meltdown events in students with autism
DURATION: 1.5 hours
This free to attend event is held as part of the INSTILS programme – a project part-funded by the European Regional Development Fund, click here to be re-directed to further information about the project. This event is classed as State Aid to participating businesses, the value of which is £190, but is delivered completely free of charge to participants.
Speaker Profiles:
Chaired by: Professor Philip Breedon, Professor of Smart Technologies, Nottingham Trent University
As well as his role at Nottingham Trent University, Philip is also a Chartered Engineer and a Chartered IT professional. He is a member of the Department of Health’s National Institute for Health Research invention for innovation funding panel and holds a number of journal editorial positions. His research interests and latest projects centre on new and emerging technologies and materials. This includes wearable technologies, 3D printing of pathological models, additive and subtractive manufacturing for medical applications, surgical robotics, cardiovascular devices, augmented /virtual/immersive technologies and environments, the surgical pathway and investigative research related to the utilisation of ‘smart materials’ for medical applications. Through promoting his work and research activities he now works with a number of surgeons and clinicians across Europe.
Prof. David J. Brown – Professor in Interactive Systems for Social Inclusion, Nottingham Trent University
David is Professor of Interactive systems for Social Inclusion, with the Department of Computer Science at Nottingham Trent University. Recent grants on which he has acted as PI include 2 EU H2020 projects (MaTHiSiS and No One Left Behind) on affective computing and digital game making for students with learning disabilities and autism, an EPSRC project (An Internet of Soft Things) on co-design of networked soft textile interfaces to promote mental wellbeing, and a range of EU Erasmus projects (e.g., Pathway+) to use affective computing to provide personalised learning pathways for students with learning disabilities. He is Conference Co-Chair for the International Conference of Virtual Reality, Disability and Associated Technologies, and Associate Editor for Frontiers – Virtual Reality and Medicine.
Dr John Broulidakis- Research Scientist, Emteq Labs
John was educated at the university of Sussex where he gained a first-class honours degree in Psychology with Neuroscience. John completed his PhD at the University of Southampton in Cognitive Neuroscience in 2019. He has direct experience of the issues and challenges associated with managing large and complex clinical studies having successfully managed a €2.5million EU funded study. Currently he is working as a research scientist for medical device manufacture Emteq Labs. There he is involved in manufacturing ecologically valid, “context aware” emotion recognition systems though novel wearable devices
Prof. Michael Hornberger- (Professor of Applied Dementia Research, Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia) Associate Dean of Innovation, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of East Anglia)
Michael is the Professor of Applied Dementia Research at the Norwich Medical School and the Associate Dean of Innovation, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences. His research focuses on improving diagnosis, disease progression tracking and symptom management in dementia. His research group employs various research methodologies (clinical, cognition, sensor technology, neuroimaging and genetics) as well as disease interventions (pharmacological and non-pharmacological) for their research studies. His current research is particularly focused on spatial orientation and navigation deficits in dementia and how this has an impact on people’s outdoor activities such as driving and walking safely.
